fax in/ through

[Thawt]

Hello Everyone!

is there any difference between the below sentences:

Please fax it in at 888888
Please fax it through at 88888

Thank you!

 

[perpend]

I think both are fine.

I might say "Please fax it to 8888888."

But again, your own versions are okay.

 

[Beryl from Northallerton]

I might have seen this: Please fax it through at 88888.

I don't think I've seen this (though I would understand it to mean the same thing): Please fax it in at 888888.


I would expect to see either, Please fax it through to recipient at 88888 or Please fax it in to recipient at 888888.

 

[Thawt]

Hi perpend!

Thank you for your quick reply. Actually I was not thinking of the use of "AT". So you suggest saying fax in To is more idiomatic?

 

[perpend]

Yes, at least for AE.

You fax something to 88888888.

 

[Thawt]

Ok thank you for your help!
Have a great day guys!

 

[perpend]

Have a great day too, Thawt!

Just to be doubly clear.

You fax to 888888.

NOT: You fax in to ....

 

[Beryl from Northallerton]

Alternatively, there's either, Please fax it through to recipient on 88888 or Please fax it in to recipient on 888888, or plain old Please fax it to recipient on 888888.

 

[perpend]

Those are BE usages, Beryl, to my knowledge, but maybe that's exactly what Thawt is looking for.

 

[Beryl from Northallerton]

Really? Don't you say 'you can get me on XXXX' ?

 

[perpend]

Nope, not for me, but I know the BE usage. This "on" divides the pond.

For me.

 

[sdgraham]

Please fax it in at 888888
Please fax it through at 88888

Both sound odd to me.

I might say "Please fax it to 8888888."